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mark@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Elon Musk is challenging conventional business practices with a unique strategy for his tech ventures

Lol. What exactly is he doing differently from what every other greedy corporate shareholder of any large tech monopoly has done?

Make promises he cant keep? He said he would open source Twitter code and he’s done exact opposite.

Try to extort money out of users for basic features? Making people pay for Twitter blue to DM.

Prevent developers from making third party apps by forcing absurd rate limits?

Sounds just like any other money-hungry big tech CEO to me. 🤷‍♂️

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freddy@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
From the first two paragraphs of the article:

Silicon Valley could well be built on the principle of scrapping principles. Now Elon Musk, perhaps the ultimate tech bro, is shredding another well-regarded convention with an original business strategy.

Generally, in business, it is sensible to provide your customers with what they want. With Twitter, the meme-makers’ favourite billionaire is doing the opposite. The cyber-trucker is trying his best to cull his customer base. Instead of finding gaps in the market, Musk is helping to create them.

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